BAPA-BEN Drinking Water Initiative in the Teesta River Area

Bangladesh Environment Network has recently funded a safe drinking water project for the flood victims in the Teesta Area. BAPA leader Faridul Islam supervised the installation of twenty tube wells at various villages in the area. The locations were identified through a field survey by BAPA volunteers. Tube well installation events were followed by town … Read more…

BAPA Distributes BEN Disaster Fund in the Teesta River Area

Bangladesh Poribesh Andolon (BAPA) distributed 900 blankets among the people affected by the October 2021 Teesta flood. Purchased with a fund of Taka 200,000 collected by Bangladesh Environment Network (BEN) the blankets were distributed in the following areas:  – four villages of Ulipur and Rajarhat upazila in the district of Kurigram – five villages of … Read more…

Protest Against the Leasing of Reserved Forest by the Land Ministry

Shuknachori Protest by BAPA (Cox's Bazar)

On October 11, 2021, the High Court of Bangladesh stayed the Government of Bangladesh’s (GoB) order allocating 700 acres of protected forest by Cox’s Bazar for the construction of a civil service academy for three months. This decision is a temporary victory for Bangladesh Poribesh Andolon (BAPA) and other national and local environmental organizations mobilizing … Read more…

BAPA Rally on World Tiger Day

Environmental organizations in the southwestern Bangladeshi port city of Mongla observed this year’s World Tiger Day, July 29, rallying behind the slogan, “Save Sundarbans, Save Tigers!”